For many years, I took my
Seminar in Art Librarianship students on a field trip to the Cincinnati Art
Museum where Mona Chapin provided an incredibly thorough introduction to management,
staffing, budgeting, collection development, organizational issues, public
services, facilities changes including renovation and compact shelving
installation in her library, and other complex matters related to the
administration of the Cincinnati Art Museum Library. Her dedication to
the Museum Library and her conscientious attention to every detail of its
management were most apparent. In addition, the students were impressed
by her warm and generous manner and by the extensive documentation she prepared
and shared with us about her library. She also described a
fundraising program which she developed for the library to enhance its
collections budget. My students’ classroom instruction was greatly
enhanced by having this opportunity to learn from Mona’s experiences in
managing her library and to see firsthand her extensive contributions, as well
as being able to meet her staff and volunteers who also talked about their
roles in the library.
From my perspective, the Cincinnati
Art Museum was most fortunate to have her conscientious and professional
leadership of the Museum’s Library. She was a respected colleague
and a gentle soul who will be dearly missed.
B. J. Irvine, Librarian
Emeritus, Indiana University
From: ART LIBRARIES
SOCIETY DISCUSSION LIST [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Pollock,
Jennifer (pollocjr)
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 9:42 AM
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Subject: [ARLIS-L] sad news
Sad news:
Mona Chapin, Cincinnati Art Museum Librarian for 30 years,
passed away on Sunday.
I
did not know Mona personally, but I do know that she was dearly loved by her
Cincinnati Art Museum colleagues and by her friends and colleagues at UC,
ARLIS/NA, and ARLIS/OV (Ohio Valley). She will be missed by many.
For
more information on visitation, burial, memorials, and to offer online
condolences see:
http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20100316/NEWS0104/3170349/
Jennifer Pollock
Head of the DAAP Library
University of Cincinnati
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